Though the Revised Edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawlsýs view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawlsýs theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawlsýs work.ýJohn Rawls draws on the most subtle techniques of contemporary analytic philosophy to provide the social contract tradition with what is, from a philosophical point of view at least, the most formidable defense it has yet received ý [and] makes available the powerful intellectual resources and the comprehensive approach that have so far eluded antiutilitarians.ýýMarshall Cohen, New York Times Book ReviewýI mean ý to press my recommendation of [this book] to non-philosophers, especially those holding positions of responsibility in law and government. For the topic with which it deals is central to this countryýs purposes, and the misunderstanding of that topic is central to its difficulties.ýýPeter Caws, New RepublicýThe most substantial and interesting contribution to moral philosophy since the war.ýýStuart Hampshire, New York Review of Books

Part One. Theory

CHAPTER I. JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS

3

(51)

1. The Role of Justice

3

(4)

2. The Subject of Justice

7

(4)

3. The Main Idea of the Theory of Justice

11

(6)

4. The Original Position and Justification

17

(5)

5. Classical Utilitarianism

22

(5)

6. Some Related Contrasts

27

(7)

7. Intuitionism

34

(6)

8. The Priority Problem

40

(6)

9. Some Remarks about Moral Theory

46

(8)

CHAPTER II. THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE

54

(64)

10. Institutions and Formal Justice

54

(6)

11. Two Principles of Justice

60

(5)

12. Interpretations of the Second Principle

65

(10)

13. Democratic Equality and the Difference Principle

75

(8)

14. Fair Equality of Opportunity and Pure Procedural Justice

83

(7)

15. Primary Social Goods as the Basis of Expectations

90

(5)

16. Relevant Social Positions

95

(5)

17. The Tendency to Equality

100

(8)

18. Principles for Individuals: The Principle of Fairness

108

(6)

19. Principles for Individuals: The Natural Duties

114

(4)

CHAPTER III. THE ORIGINAL POSITION

118

(77)

20. The Nature of the Argument for Conceptions of Justice

118

(4)

21. The Presentation of Alternatives

122

(4)

22. The Circumstances of Justice

126

(4)

23. The Formal Constraints of the Concept of Right

130

(6)

24. The Veil of Ignorance

136

(6)

25. The Rationality of the Parties

142

(8)

26. The Reasoning Leading to the Two Principles of Justice

150

(11)

27. The Reasoning Leading to the Principle of Average Utility

161

(6)

28. Some Difficulties with the Average Principle

167

(8)

29. Some Main Grounds for the Two Principles of Justice

175

(8)

30. Classical Utilitarianism, Impartiality, and Benevolence

183

(12)

Part Two. Institutions

CHAPTER IV. EQUAL LIBERTY

195

(63)

31. The Four-Stage Sequence

195

(6)

32. The Concept of Liberty

201

(4)

33. Equal Liberty of Conscience

205

(6)

34. Toleration and the Common Interest

211

(5)

35. Toleration of the Intolerant

216

(5)

36. Political Justice and the Constitution

221

(7)

37. Limitations on the Principle of Participation

228

(7)

38. The Rule of Law

235

(8)

39. The Priority of Liberty Defined

243

(8)

40. The Kantian Interpretation of Justice as Fairness

251

(7)

CHAPTER V. DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES

258

(75)

41. The Concept of Justice in Political Economy

258

(7)

42. Some Remarks about Economic Systems

265

(9)

43. Background Institutions for Distributive Justice

274

(10)

44. The Problem of Justice between Generations

284

(9)

45. Time Preference

293

(5)

46. Further Cases of Priority

298

(5)

47. The Precepts of Justice

303

(7)

48. Legitimate Expectations and Moral Desert

310

(5)

49. Comparison with Mixed Conceptions

315

(10)

50. The Principle of Perfection

325

(8)

CHAPTER VI. DUTY AND OBLIGATION

333

(62)

51. The Arguments for the Principles of Natural Duty

333

(9)

52. The Arguments for the Principle of Fairness

342

(8)

53. The Duty To Comply with an Unjust Law

350

(6)

54. The Status of Majority Rule

356

(7)

55. The Definition of Civil Disobedience

363

(5)

56. The Definition of Conscientious Refusal

368

(3)

57. The Justification of Civil Disobedience

371

(6)

58. The Justification of Conscientious Refusal

377

(5)

59. The Role of Civil Disobedience

382

(13)

Part Three. Ends

CHAPTER VII. GOODNESS AS RATIONALITY

395

(58)

60. The Need for a Theory of the Good

395

(4)

61. The Definition of Good for Simpler Cases

399

(5)

62. A Note on Meaning

404

(3)

63. The Definition of Good for Plans of Life

407

(9)

64. Deliberative Rationality

416

(8)

65. The Aristotelian Principle

424

(9)

66. The Definition of Good Applied to Persons

433

(7)

67. Self-Respect, Excellences, and Shame

440

(6)

68. Several Contrasts between the Right and the Good

446

(7)

CHAPTER VIII. THE SENSE OF JUSTICE

453

(60)

69. The Concept of a Well-Ordered Society

453

(9)

70. The Morality of Authority

462

(5)

71. The Morality of Association

467

(5)

72. The Morality of Principles

472

(7)

73. Features of the Moral Sentiments

479

(6)

74. The Connection between Moral and Natural Attitudes

485

(5)

75. The Principles of Moral Psychology

490

(6)

76. The Problem of Relative Stability

496

(8)

77. The Basis of Equality

504

(9)

CHAPTER IX. THE GOOD OF JUSTICE

513

(76)

78. Autonomy and Objectivity

513

(7)

79. The Idea of Social Union

520

(10)

80. The Problem of Envy

530

(4)

81. Envy and Equality

534

(7)

82. The Grounds for the Priority of Liberty

541

(7)

83. Happiness and Dominant Ends

548

(6)

84. Hedonism as a Method of Choice

554

(6)

85. The Unity of the Self

560

(7)

86. The Good of the Sense of Justice

567

(10)

87. Concluding Remarks on Justification

577

(12)

Index

589

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